diff --git a/build/python/backend/setup.py b/build/python/backend/setup.py
index 4059d93f..f6d6003e 100644
--- a/build/python/backend/setup.py
+++ b/build/python/backend/setup.py
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     description='strelka: container-based file analysis at scale',
     license='Apache 2.0',
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    scripts=['bin/strelka-backend']
+    scripts=['bin/strelka-backend'],
+    zip_safe=True
 )
diff --git a/build/python/mmrpc/setup.py b/build/python/mmrpc/setup.py
index 7711894b..173968b5 100644
--- a/build/python/mmrpc/setup.py
+++ b/build/python/mmrpc/setup.py
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     description='strelka: container-based file analysis at scale',
     license='Apache 2.0',
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    scripts=['bin/strelka-mmrpc']
+    scripts=['bin/strelka-mmrpc'],
+    zip_safe=True
 )
diff --git a/src/python/setup.py b/src/python/setup.py
index 2aa260cc..811b5031 100644
--- a/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/src/python/setup.py
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     description='strelka: container-based file analysis at scale',
     license='Apache 2.0',
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    scripts=['bin/strelka-backend', 'bin/strelka-mmrpc']
+    scripts=['bin/strelka-backend', 'bin/strelka-mmrpc'],
+    zip_safe=True
 )